Kailasam Balachander was an Indian film maker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil film industry. Twenty years in a father-daughter relationship. After twenty years of acquaintance with him as a professional filmmaker. There are many questions that have been asked of him for about forty years. There are many unanswered questions. At the height of it all, who is he and what is his approach to life? This post is a beautiful long essay on his dreams, the qualities he had to achieve them, the people who guided him, the footprints, and the events that shaped his personality.